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TIL about rubber duck debugging, where programmers work out problems in their code by explaining them out loud to a rubber duck

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m10ME TIL about Juliane Koepcke. At age 17 she spent 11 days alone in the Amazon rainforest after her plane broke apart & scattered the passengers. She knew how to give first aid & survive in the wilderness because she'd been homeschooled in a rural area, so unlike the others she survived her journey out.
JYLkQ TIL they make bayonets for more than just rifles and shotguns
QJD8X TIL that Panathenaic Stadium in Athens, Greece is the only stadium in the world built entirely of marble. Additionally, it had a greater capacity (50 000) in 144 AD than today (45 000)
AYQn TIL The movies Psycho, Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Silence of the Lambs were based on the same story. Convicted murderer Ed Gein from Plainsfield, Wisconsin.
PNAJ TIL Hodor is the name of the Norse god of Winter